Educational Material
Technical factsheets and lecture presentations concerning fish reproduction biology
Current knowledge in the field of fish reproduction, concerning broodstock management, the production and quality of gametes, regulation by the brain (neuroendocrine system) of the reproductive cycle, stress, reproductive health and biotechnology.
To access the relevant sections and accompanying technical factsheets, click on the links below:
- Broodstock management (sexual differentiation and sex control, puberty, spawning induction)
- Production & quality of gametes (gametogenesis, gamete quality)
- Brain regulation of the reproductive cycle (hypophysis, neuroendocrine control, photoperiod regulation)
- Stress & Reproduction (causes & effects of stress, reproduction)
- Endocrine disruptors(what they are, how they act, their effect on fish)
- Biotechnology (control of reproductive cycles, vaccines, genetic improvements)
Writing:
Miranda Maybank
Creation date: 15 May 2007
Update: 01 December 2008
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